3) Buy locally from Organic Farms – Even if they don’t have the ‘Organic’ label but believe in sustainable farming and do not use GMO’s. I buy from the Amish in my area. They aren’t certified by the government but they also don’t use pesticides.

So, I for one am happy to be in Canada! Even with how mild our winter has been this year, I am excited to get back out in the yard and start the garden, more fencing, rabbitry creation, possibly greenhouse building, etc.

...and now nicely in 2 large stacks...

This will be our first year putting in a garden, so it should be interesting. During Spring this time last year…our garden was still scrub brush, rocks, poplar trees, and weeds. Oh…and also a large and very surprising pile of rebar that the builder left behind from 5 years ago… After many weekends of Phil and I cutting down trees, bucking up tree branches, stacking trees, and chipping branches…we finally broke down and hired the mulcher to finish the job. He proceeded to spent a couple of hours finishing what would have taken us weeks…. Wow! Then the fence went up for the garden, and the bigger fence went up for the chicken moat, and in came the pigs. Their job was to turn the soil in the Fall and fertilize it all winter long…which they have definitely been doing. Soon though…it will be time to start the real work once again….

Any tips for vegetable gardening in Northern Alberta?

...and then the mulcher came....and finished in hours what would have taken us weeks...!